Lost Restaurants of New Orleans
and the recipes that made them famous,
Christmas in New Orleans & Canal Street:
New Orleans’ Great Wide Way

Since 1987, Ms. Laborde has
been the senior producer for the New Orleans PBS
station, WYES-TV, where she has developed, produced,
and hosted documentaries and in-studio productions
about New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. In addition
to “Canal Street: The Great Wide Way,”
she has produced, narrated, or consulted for over
forty-five documentaries, including “Where
New Orleans Shopped,” “The Lost Restaurants
of New Orleans,” “The French Quarter
That Was,” “Mardi Gras: The Passing
Parade,” “Holy New Orleans!”,
and “Streetcar Stories,” among others.
She also hosts Steppin’ Out, New Orleans’
only weekly arts and entertainment review program,
now in its nineteenth season, and winner of the
New Orleans Press Club Award in the Public Affairs
category.

Prior to her work with WYES,
Ms. Laborde worked as a general manager and writer/producer
at WLAE-TV in New Orleans (PBS) and at WDSU-TV
(NBC affiliate) in New Orleans. At both stations
she produced documentaries about local history
as well as magazine programs about local events
and personalities.

Ms. Laborde has been honored
for both her community and professional work,
earning awards from the Press Club of New Orleans,
the Mayor’s Conference on Women, the Public
Relations Society of America, the American Council
of Career Women, and American Women in Radio and
Television. Since the ’80s she has been
active in the New Orleans community, from theater
and the arts to revitalization and conservation
efforts. She has served as president of the Tennessee
Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival since 1992
and has held leadership positions with the Arts
Council of New Orleans, the Metropolitan Area
Leadership Forum, the New Orleans Coalition, the
Mid-City Improvement Association, and the Canal
Street Area Service Association.

Ms. Laborde received her
bachelor of arts degree in political science at
the University of New Orleans in 1975. She is
married to Errol P. Laborde, the editor of New
Orleans Magazine and producer of the weekly television
news roundtable Informed Sources on WYES-TV, New
Orleans. In addition to her interest in New Orleans,
especially jazz and Mardi Gras, her hobbies include
singing, theater, photography, and architectural
preservation.

Tom Fitzmorris

Lost Restaurants of New Orleans
and the recipes that made them famous

Tom Fitzmorris is a food writer and the radio host of The Food Show.In addition to publishing the New Orleans MENU,
an online newsletter about dining and cooking, restaurant guides and cookbooks, he is the former editor of New Orleans Magazine and Figaro. Fitzmorris achieved the distinction of Certified Culinary Professional from the International Association of Culinary Professionals, a national association of food writers and cooking instructors. You can hear Tom weekdays, 3-6pm on 1350am and most Saturday afternoons on WWL/870am. His website is nomenu.com